Noometry

Model comparison

Llama 3-70B vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.3 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3-70B Meta

28.5

Rank #317 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.3

Rank #54 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 50.6 to 12.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.3% for Llama 3-70B and 93.3% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
  • Llama 3-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Llama 3-70BQwen3.6 Plus
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index28.547.3
Released2024-04-182026-03-31
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$3
Results tracked3137

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Llama 3-70B: 35.3 (#215), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.6 (#125)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Coding12061467
SWE-bench Verified—57.9%
LMArena WebDev—1461
SciCode—40.7%
BigCodeBench Instruct43.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete54.5%—
ALE-Bench—670.15
HumanEval+72%—
MBPP+69%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3-70B: 20.9 (#132), Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Plus
Cybench5%—
Vending-Bench 2—5,115

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Llama 3-70B: 17.4 (#284), Qwen3.6 Plus: 28.5 (#89)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts11951449
DTBench54.2%81.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index122.91147.67
Kagi LLM Benchmark35.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)—60.3%
CritPt—2.9%
Chess Puzzles—17%
Thematic Generalization—59.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
LMCA—33.1%
ForecastBench57.1—
WinoGrande83.5%—

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Llama 3-70B: 12.0 (#299), Qwen3.6 Plus: 50.6 (#44)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.3%93.3%
LMArena Math12181450
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—38.2%
MATH Level 522.6%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—8.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#272), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#40)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond40.6%88.4%
LMArena Expert11491456
SimpleQA Verified—44.1%
MMLU79.3%—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Llama 3-70B: 33.8 (#246), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.5 (#66)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English11421424
LMArena Chinese11141478
LMArena French12311454
LMArena German11691451
LMArena Japanese10171389
LMArena Korean10171381
LMArena Russian11591434
LMArena Spanish12411432

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Llama 3-70B: 62.8 (#233), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.2 (#70)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following11941425

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#235), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.1 (#48)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query11741440
CL-bench—20.3%

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Llama 3-70B: 43.0 (#225), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.4 (#78)

BenchmarkLlama 3-70BQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text12211437
LMArena Creative Writing12101405
LMArena Multi-Turn12231438

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3-70B better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.3 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3-70B or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 35.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Qwen3.6 Plus share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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